Bracket



June 11, 1929. o c, wo 1,716,940

BRACKET Original Filed July 15, 1925 '.4 Fig. 3 M FLg IN VEN TOR.

Patented June 11, 1929. i i i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER C. RITZ WOLLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BRACKET.

Original application filed July 13, 1925, Serial No. 43,105. Divided and this application filed January 14, 1926. Serial No. 81,264.

This invention relates to supporting accommodation of the heads 17 of the bolts 16. brackets and is particularly adaptable to a To permit of the insertion of the bolt heads 17 variety of relatively positioned bracket seinto the space thus provided, the slots 15 may curing means. be provided with enlarged portions 18 of sub- This application is a division of my 00- stantially greater dimensions than the gen- 60 pending application Serial No. 43,105, filed eral width of the slots. The bolts 16 may be July 13, 1925. provided with squared shoulder portions 19 The principal objects of the present invenadapted to be received by the slots 15 in a tio manner to prevent rotation of the bolts there- To provide an improved supporting in.

bracket adaptable to varied arrangements of The slots may be of a variety of forms securing means whereby the device to which and variously positioned angularly with reit is attached may be secured in position on spect to each other. For example, they may an automobile or other body, by means of be of substantially arcuate formation, and

15 bolts extending through holes arranged at oppositely disposed with respect to each other various distances apart and at a variety of anand have their enlarged portions positioned gular positions with respect to each other and intermediate their ends as shown in Fig. 1, t th d vic or they may be substantially straight oppo- To provide a structure readily adaptable sitcly disposed radially extendingslots with 20 to a large variety of relatively positioned setheir enlarged portions at the ends of the slots curing means; and as shown in Fig. 3, or the slots may be posi- To improve devices of this type in various tioned in oppositely disposed substantially ways hereinafter more specifically pointed parallel relationship as shown in Fig. 4.- with out. the enlarged portions formed at the ends of lVhat I claim to be new and desire to secure the slots. The slots 15 may be provided also by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended with laterals 20 providing oppositely disclaims. posed aligned portions as shown in Fig. 1,

An illustrative embodiment of the invenor these laterals may be variously positioned tion is shown in the accompanying drawings, with respect to the slots and to each other.

30 in which, To mount the bracket 10 in position on its Fig. 1 is a rear face view'of a lamp provided support, the heads 17 of the bolts 16 are inwith a preferred embodiment of my invensorted into the space between the bracket tion. and the housing 13 through the enlargements Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the parts 18 of the slots 15, and the bolts 16 moved shown in Fig. 1 substantially as indicated by along the reduced portions of the slots unthe line 2-2 of said figure; and til the bolts come into register with the holes Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate modified construcformed in the automobile chassis or other tions of brackets embodying the invention. body to which the bracket is to be secured;

Referring to the drawing, a bracket elethen by inserting the bolts 16 through said vl0 ment 10 of substantially cup-like form and holes and applying nuts to the threaded ends having an offset marginal flange 11 may be thereof, the bracket may be drawn up snugly, secured by means of rivets 12 to a casing or and securely clamped to its support. housing 13 typifying a lamp house for warn- It will be observed that by the use of the ing light devices such as automobile tail invention above described, the bracket 10 is lights, stop lights, etc., or other devices which adaptable to varied arrangements of securit may be desired to secure to the frame of an ing means whereby a tail light or other warnautomobile or other body. ing light device may be secured in position The bracket 10 may comprise a body poron an automobile or the like, by means of tion 14 having a plurality of slots 15 formed bolts extending through holes arranged at theg' for receiving bolts 16 by which the various distances apart and at a variety of bra may be secured to an automobile or angular positions with respect to each other the like. By reason of the offset relationship and to the device. of the flange 11 with respect to the body por- The present invention is not limited to the tion 14 of the bracket, a space is provided bespecific construction and arrangement shown 55 tween the bracket and the housing 13 for the and described, except so far as such construction is specifically claimed, but may be variously modified without departing from the principles of the invention.

I I claim:

. 1. A bracket having a body portion and an offset marginal flange portion, said body portion being provided with oppositely disposed substantially arcuate slots having enlarged portions and-oppositely disposed radially extending laterals communicating therewith, the laterals of one slot being aligned with the oppositely disposed laterals of the other slot.

2. A bracket for a lamp casing in the form of a plate provided with oppositely disposed dlagonal position there- 1n for accommodatmg ad usted positions of slots in substantially bolts for securing the device in position, said slots being provided with oppositely disposed aligned port-ions at one point and with other oppositely disposed aligned portions at right angles with respect to said first named aligned portions.

3. A bracket for a lamp casing in the form of a plate provided with oppositely disposed slots having enlarged portions for the insertion of the heads of bolts for securing the device in position, each of said slots comprising two portions at right angles with respect to each other, such portions being connected by diagonally disposed slot portions.

4. A bracket for a lamp casing in the form of a plate provided with oppositely disposed slots having enlarged portions for the insertion of the heads of bolts for securing the device in position, each of said slots comprising two portions at right angles with respect to each other, such portions being connected together by concentric are shaped slot portions.

5. A bracket for a lamp casing in the form of a plate provided with oppositely disposed slots having enlarged portions for the insertion of the heads of bolts for securing the device in position, each of said slots comprising two portions at right angles with respect to each other, such portions being connected together by concentric are shaped slots, and the straight portions of one slot being in alignment with the straight portions respectively ofthe other slot.

OLIVER C. RITZ \VOLLER. 

